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      Naval, And Military. The Mimtia.—Twenty-...

      former service , so that the Militia is swindled out of the 10 s . Sergeant Coyne therefore -wished it to be publicly known that such characters could be severely punished . Had not Sergeant Quinlan been in court , Baker-would hare been sworn in for the Muitis , and have received the balance of the 10 s . ; after -which lie would have joined tfce East India Company's service . Baker said he was put up to the trick by another recruit ; but he thought there was no great harm in it , as he was going to * whop > the Sepoys . He meant to stick to the army . The magistrate simply delivered him up to Quinlan .

      Yellow Fever on Board the Brhliiant . —Her Majesty ' s sailing corvette Brilliant , 26 , Captain Faynter , arrived at Spithead last Saturday afternoon from the " West India station , having been ordered home on account of yellow fever attacking her crew most virulently at Grenada . She lost the Rev . T . H . Watson , chaplain and naval instructor , arid thirty-four men , and had in all one hundred and two cases . She left Halifax on the 18 th of October , and Grenada on the 12 th . of September . Courts-Martial . —The president of the general courtmartial which recently assembled at Chatham Garrison for the trial of Ensign Thomas Stanley Itlitchell , 89 th Regiment , on a charge of intoxication when on duty , has received an intimation , that , in consequence of the

      prisoner having refused to appear before the court , her Majesty has directed his dismissal from the army . —A general court-martial assembled at the Royal Marine head-qaarters , Woolwich , on Thursday week , for the trial of First Lieutenant Sharp , on an indictment -preferred against him by his commanding officer , charging him with conduct iinbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman . The trial occupied three days . The judgment is not yet promulgated . ^—The finding of trie general court-niartiai which assembled at Chatham garrison several months since for the trial of Lieutenant-Colonel J . Clarke , 1 st West India Regiment , was promulgated

      on Wednesday . The charges on which Colonel Clarke ¦ was arraigned were for insubordination on several occasions , and for commencing a mutiny . He has been found Guilty of insubordination , and has beeii ordered to be reprimanded . In addition to this , the Duke of Cambridge has superseded Colonel Clarke by nominating another officer to the death vacancy of the second ieutenant-colonelcy in his regiment , and ordered him to proceed to the settlement of Gambia as a punishment , a small detachment of his regiment being stationed there . Colonel Clarke has thrown up his commission and retired from the service .

      Distress at Woolwich . —The severe distress now existing at Woolwich among ' the wives and children of soldiers despatched on active service to India has induced a number of ladies of the garrison to form themselves into a committee , with the view of collecting-subscriptions for the immediate relief of the most necessitous . Aldershot . —A mimic battle between different portions of the troops stationed at Aldershot took place on Wednesday . Shipwreck a >* d Loss of Life . —The English ship Frances was caught in a typhoon near an island about half way between Ningpo and Shanghai , and was wrecked . The master ( Captain Scott ) , the chief mate ( Mr . Rowland ) , eighteen seamen , and one Chinese girl , lost their lives ; the rest of the crew ( twenty-five ) got safely ashore , and remained there three days . Ultimately they were conveyed to Ningpo .

      Militia . Riots at SunderliAnd . —Some militiamen , who had been on a month ' s drill at Sunderland , were disembodied last week . They have committed great excesses , and have almost murdered a policeman , who has been disfigured for life by their violence . Musket Practice . —The Duke of Cambridge has caused a circularmemorandum to be addressed to general officers and officers commanding regiments and depots of infantry , in which he drawa attention to the large proportion of soldiers in some regiments and depot battallions who are not trained to the use of the rifle musket . His Royal Highness will bold commanding officers responsible for any non-observance of the regulations upon this subject which may be hereafter brought to his notice , it being intended that every soldier for whom a musket ia issued shall go through a course of instruction annually .

      I » 8 WEcnoN ok Barracks . —Tlie commissioners recently appointed by royal warrant to inspect barracks aud military hospitals for sanitary purposes were engaged Mr the inspection of St . George's and the other barracks in . and near the metropolis during last week . Navat . Coast Voi . untkerb . —The annual training of the naval coast volunteers for the Welsh district has just closed on board the Amphitrito , twenty-six guns . The men have had twenty-eight days' training , including practice with heavy gunB , for which the , waters of Milfbrd Haven afford ample scope . Tubs Camp at this OimiiAara ov Kildauk . —The number of thefts committed at this camp is greatly on the increase . Tho ground is iu footed with coatormongdrs and suspicious characters , who produce n pasB rtigned by the military authorities when threatened to be given in charge .

      Tiih RicmroncRMKNTS for , India . —At ft late hour on Wednoadny , a despatch was received at Chatham garrison from thayWnr-office , countermanding tho order provibiuly given for the embarkation of tho reinforcements for Uuj 20 th , 23 rd ( Welsh Fusiliers ) , 8 Sth , 63 rd , ( Hat , 84 th , and 90 th ( Light Infantry ) Iteiriments , on the

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      following day , owing to the George Marshall , freightship , not being ready to receive them . —Upwards of five hundred of the non-commissioned , officers and privates of the 68 th Regiment , which is under orders to proceed to India , dined together in the Crystal Palace , with some of their wives and children , on Thursday . They arrived from Portsmouth on purpose early in the morning , and returned in the afternoon .

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      Hisceilaneuus. The Court.—Nothing Callin...

      HISCEILANEUUS . The Court . —Nothing calling for especial notice has occurred during- the present week to break the ordinary routine of Royal life at Windsor . The Meeting of Parliament . —It has been resolved to call Parliament together at once , in order to settle the questions raised by the present crisis , and to register for Ministers and the Bank directors that indemnity for which they are obliged to appeal . A Council will , we understand , be held next Monday , at which , probably , Parliament will be summoned to meet at the end of fourteen da vs . —Times .

      Thk New Commissioners for the City . —The Queen has issued to the late Lord Mayor ( Mr . Alderman Finnis ) a new Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of-London , and the following gentlemen have been appointed commissioners : —Mr . Lewis Lloyd , Mr . C . Magniac , Mr . J . M . Daniel , Mr . Duncan Dunbar , Mr . W . S . Lindsay , M . P ., Mr . ( J . ¦ Moffat ' t , M . P ., Mr . Underslieriff Parker , Mr . JV ¦ P . Fisher , Mr . J . Bonus , Mr . T . K . Lynch , Mr . C . Skipper , Mr . R . L . Taylor , Mr . G . G . Glyn , M . P ., and Mr . C . W . 3 > ilkc . Plates of Omxibuses . —Alderman Wilson called

      attention last Saturday , at a Court of Aldermen , to the fact that conductors of omnibuses are in the habit , when they come within a- short distance of London , of taking ofF their lawful plate 3 and of substituting others . A conductor having lately been summoned before the Alderman for this offence , ' the latter wrote to the Inland Revenue Office on the subject , and received an answer confirming his impression of the illegality of the act . Mr . Alderman Rose said he had had a similar case before him , and had requested the authorities at the Stamp Office to prosecute .

      ^ Aberdeen Ushversity Commission . —A Royal Commission , appointed to inquire into the question of a union between the colleges and universities of New and Old Aberdeen , has just concluded its labours in those cities . The Commission sat for a week , and examined a selection of witnesses from the public , the church , and the professors of the universities . The feeling is stated to be very generally in favour of a union of the universities , but not of the colleges , in so far as the faculties of arts are concerned , but for a fusion of the other chairs . Hawarden Church . —A meeting has been held at Hawarden with a view to collecting subscriptions for the re-erection of this church , which was recently burnt down—it is supposed , by incendiaries . Mr . Gladstone , in addressing the meeting , spoke of the eagerness with which all the inhabitants , even including aged women , exerted themselves to put a Htop to the flames . The church was very ancient .

      Convocation . —The convocation of tbc prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury was prorogued last Saturday in the Jerusalem Chamber , Westminster , by the Vicar-General , Dr . Twiss , under a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury , to Friday , December 18 . A Sepoy Tiger .. —The tiger which , a fevr days ago , escaped from a vehicle in Ratcliff-highway , and wounded a boy , has again distinguished himself in no very welcome manner , since his removal to West Bromwich . A few days ago , he burst through the partition dividing his den from that of a lion , and attacked the animal . The combat was fearful , and put all the other beasts into a state of tumultuous excitement . The keepers of course found it utterly impossible to interfere ; and the poor lion ( who appears to have been considerably tamed by three years' confinement ) was eventually killed . The tiger is quite a fresh importation , and is ymmger than the lion . The former cost 400 / ., tho latter 3007 .

      Cobimercial . Intercourse -with South Africa . — A deputation from the British Association for tho Advancement of Science had nn interview with Lord Clarendon on Thursday week , to rep resent to the Government tho importance of sending a vessel to survey the entrance to tho Zambesi river , in South Africa , and to ascend the river as far as practicable for navigation . The deputation consiHted of the President , tho Rev . Dr . Lloyd , tho Rev . Dr . Robinson of Armagh , Sir Roderick MurchiHon , Mr . Macgregor Laird , and General Subinc , accompanied by Dr . Livingstone . Lord Clarendon also received memorials , presented by Lord God < : rich and Mnjor-General Thompnon , M . P ., from the Leeds and Bradford Chamberw of Commerce , on the subject of commercial intercourse with the regions explored by Dr . Livingstone .

      Tine HicwAoic Question . — Dr . Southwood Smith , ProfeHHor Way , and Mr . II . Austin , of tho General Hoard of Health , huva gone as a deputation to Milan , to innpect works of irrigation there , with a view to tho important question of the application of newugo to agricultural purpoHCH , in connexion with tiie grout metropolitan flftwurago problem in particular , arid tho utilization of tho Ke wage of towns in general . , Cicvntai , 1 * ai , A ( . ! K Concicuth . —The drat Saturday concert of tho winter hoiiooh wns given at the Crvatal

      Hisceilaneuus. The Court.—Nothing Callin...

      Palace last Saturday , the commencement of the scriea being marked by a return to tho half-cro-wn charge foradmission . The number of visitors was 1719 , of \ vlioni 1207 were by season tickets , and 512 admissions on payment . The New ' Sweeper Brigade . '—A portion of tlie ' Sweeper Brigade' started yesterday week from their head-quarters at Whitechapel for their different stations about the metropolis . They are dressed in a blue coat and wear a pouch over their shoulders to carry tiieir food and money ; they also wear a badge on their anna with the words ' Public Sweeper . '

      Ijik English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company . —An extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors of the English and Irish Magnetic'Telegraph , Company ( limited ) was held last" week , for the purpose ' - of winding np the company . This course was necessary to enable the property of the company to be . legallv transferred to the British and Irish Magnetic Telegiupu , Company , under the united system of management . Mr . Wrighton ' s Conckrts . —Mr . AV . T . Wrighton . the favourite ballad-singer , gave a ballad and lnisLvllaneous concert at the Hanover-square Rooms , on : Wednesday , evening ,- assisted by Mrs . E . F . Inman . A young blind pupil of M . SaLnton excited much sympathy and admiration by his performances on the violiu , the tibia , and the organ .

      Herr . Frikeex / s Enteutain 3 ient . —Herr Wiljaiija Frikell , who styles himself ( by courtesy ,-. we ¦ suppose ) Physician to her Majesty the Empress of Russia , gave an entertainment of ' physical and natural magic' at the-Hanover-square Rooms on Thursday evening , which , in many respects , and especially in the complete absence ol . " any of the usual apparatus , surpasses any former exhibition of the kind . We caii cordially recommend a visit to Herr Frikell , who does not forget to tell us that he lias appeared before emperors and kings without number , ' all the Ducal Courts of . Germany . *; -. ¦ Even-without this recommendation , "so precious to an English public , Herr Frikell would he a remarkable m ; m .

      Sentence on a Poestsman- —A pointsman employed on the North British Railway has been sentenced by the Lord Justice Clerk to two years' imprisonment fur neglect of duty resulting in ; ui accident by which seven or eight persons were seriously injured . Death fko . m Laudanum . —At the High Court ut Justiciary , Edinburgh , on Monday , Elizabeth Hamilton , domestic servant , pleaded guilty to culpable homicide , in so far as she administered about ten drops of laudanurato the infant son of Mr . Alexander Drysdale , in order to induce sleep ; but whicli produced death . She was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . Christy ' s Minstukls . —These haxmouious brethren

      continue to give their very lively and pleasant concerts at the Polygrapbic Hall , King William-street , nightly . They have lately added to their stock of fun and melody a very clever and amusing burlesque of Jullien , with parodies of Mademoiselle Jetty Treffs &' s favourite airs . TuiiKATENicD Closing of the Rochdale Workhouses . —The Rochdale guardians met on Friday week , to consider a letter from the Poor-law Board , in - \ vhu \ i they stated that , unless certain alterations were made uthe workhouses , they would-close them . It was resolved to oppose the L ' oor-law Hoard .

      This Scandinavian Idka rsr Australia . —The Scandinavian Idea—that is to say , the political union of the three powers , Denmark , Sweden , and Norway—has spread so far that a . Scandinavian journal , ( thu Nonfut ) appeared on the 23 rd of July , at Melbourne , iu Australia . It is printed alternately in Swedish and Danish , and begins with an interesting leading article , on Seandinavianiam and the circular notes of the-20 ill of February and 4 th of April . Thk lath Mr . Hugh Mii , li-: k . —Government lias granted a pension of 30 / . a year to the mother of th late Mr . Ilutfh Miller . 30 / . a year ! And ' Quallon " has 50 / . ! Wo . arc glad , however , to perceive tluit 10 / . a year has been granted ,. on the recommendation of -Miss Ihmlett Coutts , to Mr . Kdward Ciiporn , the postmanpoet of liideford , Devonshire . Thk Earl , of Aberdkkn haa recovered from his lad

      lllncst ) . Indian Mutiny IIicmkf Fund . —The King of Sardinia has contributed a donation of 10 , 000 franus , and several mem burs of his Government havo liberally subscribed in aid of tho fund . Information lias been received from Constantinople that the ' contributions mailo there already exceed 110 G £ , and are expected to bceimnidcrably increased . A donation of 250 / . lias already been received from tho Maharajah Duluep Singh , with expressions of aputiial interest in the vuhuh of nutive CliriHtianp , who may have been reduced to a . state ol distross in ( toriNcquctice of tho mutinies . Several

      Thk Navioation ok thk Zamiucsi Hivkk . — deputations havo hud interviews with LonlClarciulonoii the subject of tho frt *« nrtvi ^ ilion « f thu -Zuinlxisi river . Africa , to aceuro which the consent of Uhj Purt u ^ nesu CJovernmont is necessary . Dr . Livingatonu is * olll ! "' ''l perrionn who h : i 8 tliu . s seen the Foreign Secretary . ' ll ; l Lordship paid that U 10 CJoverninunt ia ulreiuly in uoiuluunication with Franco on tho subject , und tluit cvory cfl ' ort will bo nifido to forward tlio desired end . Imi'hovkmicnts in thk 1 ' akivh . —Tho now works in St . Jmnen ' ri l ' ark nro now nearly at an end . The . putliH and footwnys havo Iichii entirely rcmadu , thu r » l ) hinl ' from tho ruins of CovenL Gartldn Theatre being cm-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 14, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14111857/page/10/